Adolescent: “If You Give Me Some Independence, I’m All In”; The World: “Remain Fully Dependent or You’re Out”, by Chris Gaither

Adolescent: “If You Give Me Some Independence, I’m All In”; The World: “Remain Fully Dependent or You’re Out”

Adolescents are testing the world

By way of their parents–

Will it, will they

Give them what they need

Give them what they are afraid of

My greatest fear is losing control but I’m not in control I have an eternal soul but I’m afraid to die I’m scared of making mistakes

Your eyes are your tools For processing light But don’t trust the process– Trust the light

When I ask What’s wrong? It’s always short for What’s wrong with me?

What is the culture war really bei… The battlefield is littered with c… Those clues are our dead bodies That still walk And talk

When the world is a tsar Insisting: Don’t you dare be who… Take it as a dare and risk the sca…

Now that I’m wearing a mask I find myself telling strangers everything

Having priced myself Out of the market I’ve rebranded as generic

The difference between sports and real life is that if Love played basketball against Empire, Hate, Violence and Death and won

As Amazon Prime Minister I’m ringleader of the carefree world

Each question on the purity test concludes with the following promp… Which two answers are correct? And you always have the same four choices:

Any self-respecting materialist Knows they have no soul And any self-respecting AI Knows it has no soul But in this belief

Totalitarianism then: Nazis and the like Hunted and killed Jews Totalitarianism now: Those hunting likes

When you move fast and break thing… broken things can’t move dividing us into those who can’t move and those who are unmoved

When we asked Jesus to explain the mechanics of the last being first He answered in yet another parable… It’s like when you’re playing tug…

The only ones you’d trust enough t… Do it yourself Are the very ones Who trust in God Clearly, then